Deputy Andrew Nunez killed: Funeral services to be held today for San Bernardino County deputy shot before chase
Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning for a San Bernardino County sheriff's deputy who was gunned down last month before the suspect led authorities on a high-speed motorcycle chase.
Deputy Andrew Nunez will be honored with an 8:30 a.m. procession before the funeral, which is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at the Toyota Arena in Ontario.
While the funeral is not open to the public, members of the community are invited to pay their respects along the procession route, which will include North Haven Avenue and Concours Street after the caravan exits the 10 Freeway.
Nunez was responding to a domestic dispute on Oct. 27 when the suspect, 47-year-old Angelo Jose Saldivar, allegedly opened fire, authorities said.
Prosecutors said Saldivar had been involved in a violent argument with his ex-wife outside of a Rancho Cucamonga condominium complex.
On Nov. 5, he pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted kidnapping and false imprisonment of his ex-wife.
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Saldivar also faces four counts of assault with a deadly weapon. Authorities said several of the victims were neighbors or bystanders who called 911 for help.
"Most of those other victims were actually reporting parties that were calling in to 911, and in some of those instances, you can actually hear in the 911 call some of the shots that were fired," Anderson said.
After the shooting, investigators said Saldivar fled on a motorcycle, leading deputies on a high-speed chase along the 210 Freeway before being stopped by an off-duty narcotics deputy, who used a maneuver that ended the pursuit, forcing Saldivar to crash into the center divider.
"We know the public wants to be involved in this, and we are going to try and make all those considerations, obviously taking what the family wants," San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus, said earlier this month, referring to funeral arrangements.
Nunez, a six-year veteran of the sheriff's department, is survived by his wife, their two-year-old daughter, and his wife is expecting the couple's second child.
